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The Fake is a sud coréen film of genre Drama directed by Yeon Sang-ho with Yang Ik-june

The Fake (2013)

사이비, Saibi

The Fake
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Length 1h41
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Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime,    Animation
Rating67% 3.388723.388723.388723.388723.38872

The Fake (Hangul: 사이비; RR: Saibi) is a 2013 South Korean animated film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho.

The film had its world premiere in the Vanguard section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2013, and went on to screen at various international film festivals before being released domestically on November 21, 2013. It won Best Animation awards at the Sitges Film Festival and Gijón International Film Festival, and was named the Best Korean Independent Film of 2013 by the Association of Korean Independent Film & Video.

A blistering critique of organized religion set in a rural village where a manipulative church minister schemes to defraud his flock, The Fake is Yeon's sophomore feature after the acclaimed and divisive The King of Pigs (2011).

Synopsis

With their municipality scheduled to be flooded to make way for the construction of a new dam, the devout denizens of a rural village have placed their faith in Choi Gyeong-seok, a church elder who promises to relocate the flock. Choi tells the villagers they will build a church and a new housing development where they will all be able to live together after the town is completely submerged. He also says that only 144,000 people can go to heaven, and that church offerings are mandatory if one wants to "secure their spot." Even the town's much-revered Reverend Sung, a young and good-looking minister who seemingly has the ability to heal the sick, approves of Choi's plans. Behind his guise of devotion, however, Choi is a practiced con man posing as a representative of a fake religion; his true aim is to defraud the villagers of their resettlement compensation. The only obstacle to the scheme is Kim Min-chul, a skeptical outcast who accidentally discovers evidence of Choi's past misdeeds and suddenly finds himself becoming the center of resistance against the church institution.

Actors

Yang Ik-june

(Kim Min-chul (voice))
Oh Jung-se

(Sung Chul-woo)
Kwon Hae-hyo

(Choi Gyeong-seok (voice))
Park Hee-von

(Kim Young-sun)
Lee Min-ji

(Young-sun's Friend (voice))
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